Vol. VII.

(the [port weeklyPublished weekly during the school year bystudents of the Port Washington High School,

Fort Washington, New York.

TH E STAFFEditor-in-Chief

Winifred E. Croucher, '31Associate EditorLouis R. Kent, ’3l

Circulat ion ManagerFrank Jenkins, ’30F acil i ty AdviserEthel E. Probst

L is t of contributors GoodhucCleveland, Ruth Engelman. MrirgaretCox, Mary Li l l is , Marion Mehan,(‘hloe Helf r ich , George Margolin,Russell Te r r e l l , Adelaide St-hlaefer ,Robert Greig, Robert White, RobertLawton, Thomas Lucy.

Member of Columbia ScholasticPress Association

EditorialCommentIn high scho-ol one of the thingswhich we stress particularly. whether

in or out of the classroom, is sports-manship. In. every athletic activitywe preach sportsmanship, singsportsmanship, and try to live sports-manship. The very c o re of athleticsis sportsmanship. We cannot getfu l l va lue from sports if we don'tplay the game.“Sur e ,” you say, “i t ' s e'1s_v for any-

one to preach about being sports-manslike, but wh e n everything seemsagainst you, i t' s not so easy to a c tthe sportsman". (‘ertainly i t’s easyto be a sportsman with everythingin your fa vor . But to prove you'rea m a n , Worthy of being called asportsman, you’ll a c t the sportsmaneven when you k n ow that othe r s arenot. W h e n the other man is no t asquare shooter . _vou have that muc hmore opportunity to prove your ownm a n h o o d—b y shooting square your-se l f! Jus t because things lookblack , and defeat looms large, is noreason for not being a SD0I‘t- “'5being a real sportsman whe n you'rethe urul~r dog tha t s hows the mun-hood in you.We found some evidence of un-

sportsman-like conduct in thechampionship baske tba l l g a m e onl<‘ebruary 27 th . which didn't FD(‘'‘k 50

Well for the school. Let's not let ithappen again—be it in love , War‘.study, athletics or business be asportsman!

Celerity DanceSwing-3 In Step

It has been noticed lately tha t sev -eral of our high school Romeos havebeen wan(lering about the ha l lswhistling and h u m m i n g that populartune. “l ‘rot Rhythm". They arethinking of the rhythmic music ofthe Pine Lodgers. who will play atthe (felerity l )ance_ which is to begiven in our high school g y m Satur-day night, March fourteenth.Headed by l<‘lossie Krage, the

committee in charge of decorationsls, engrossed in a plan to ma k e themas novel as possible. They will begreen. of course, in keeping with theseason.It is an established fa c t tha t the

(‘elerityites are known far and widefor their delicious refreshments. Thecommittee in charge is headed byMarion Mehan. who is to be assistedby the newer members of the (‘cler-i ty .There will be no ducking for applesas in the good old days, (see the

Fratry column of the l~‘ebru:u'yeighteenth issue of The Port \N'eek-ly), so the ladies m a y appear in theirbest bibs and tuckers .

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C. C. Neophytes EnterWith Medieval Rites

Las t M onda y night. March 2nd, thescience room st-,r\'e(l as the tor tur echamber for the (‘ommercial (‘Iubini tia tion. The poor unfortmmteswere “scared to death," to quote oneof theni.Ruth l\'idne_v, Catherine Beck,

Jennie Rogo, Ruth Schauer, Kather-ine Krebs, Florence Sa le r no, Mildred("iminera. Mary Langone, (‘lara (‘im-incra, Rose V\’ittig , Eleanor Hartley,Rose Salerno, Shirley Snow, EdnaKennedy, Anna Rogier. and Josephine(‘ella ma de handsome looking heroes,in their fa the r s ’ (?) clothing, andthe Misses George Knowles and lid-vard l)eMeo were too cute for words.After the ini tia tion. refreshments

were served. The refreshment com-mittee consisted of June Ericksonand Mary Li l l is , and the initiationcommittee of Mary Lillis and GerardMoore.The faculty members who helped

greatly in making the evening a suc-cess were Miss Sloan, Mr. Brown andMr. Dodds.

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Schedule For The WeekThe schedule for the we e k ’of

March 16-20, 1931, is as follows:Monday, March 16 — Latin (‘lub.

(‘ircle Meeting (7:45).Tuesday, March 17—(‘hess (‘lub.\Vednesday, March 18 —FratF.\'-

< ‘e le ri ty .Thursday. March 19—‘;\'o meetings.Friday, March 20 ——Assembly,

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Che lportweeklyPort Washington High School, M a r c h 11:1931

Port SuccumbsTo Manhasset

Opponents Take TitleLast Friday afternoon the Port

VVashington six bowed to Manhassetby a score of 17-11. The g a m eplayed at Roslyn was the third en-counter of the Manhasset and Portgirls this year. At the fi rst meetingthe Blue and VVhite won by 26-15but lost at the second 19-16. Thistied the two schools for the c h a m p -ionship until the defeat of Port lastl“l‘l(l'L_V.In Friday's game, the fi rst quarter

play centered in Manhasset’s h a l f ofthe c our t. P or t however was thefirst to score when Mary Reed made1! fr ee shot. A few seconds l a te rMary Ruggiero made a successfultry for a field goal leaving the score2 -1 at the end of the first quarter.The fi r s t h a l f ended in :1 5-5 (lead-lock .

[luring the last half Port put upa stiff fight but l uck seemed to beagainst the girls in shooting. Sincethe Manhasset guards were playing agreat defensive g a m e their te runmanaged to get ahead. l)uring thelast few minutes of playing the Man-hasset forwards made several field-goals which decided the g a u i e .

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Telephone Pictures ForNext Assembly Program

At the regular assembly period onMarch 13, the New York TelephonePompany will present a lec tur e onthe transmission of pictures by wire.it is quite usual to see pictures in

New York papers of events that oc -uured in some distant part of theworld almost immediately upon theirhapl-ening. b11t one neve r stops tothink of the processes that havema de the pictures possible. The c learnon-technical explanation of tr ans -mitting pictures by wire will helpone to appreciate this modern mar-ve l.The lec tur e will be i l lustrated by

stereopticon. slides, m a n y of whichhave been actually transmitted overtelephone wires.

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Popular SecretarySuffers Injury

Miss Yorio had the misfortune tomeet with an accident on Wednesda yevening, March 4th, while returningfrom church. She and her sisterwere both struck by an automobile.it is hoped that they will speedilyrecover.Edna Kenny also met with an a c -

cident when she fe l l out of a carwhile going around a corne r . For-tunately she received no serious in-‘jury.

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Fratry ColumnAs a result of last Friday's assem-

bly the Fratry has decided to do apublic spirited deed by offering the

following selection to those who areinterested in taking part in a publicspeaking contest. Vile do this so that

you m a y avoid dying of gallstonesfrom swallowing pebbles in the pro-cess of learning to speak before thepublic.

Once upon a time the r e lived insome big woods a young girl whosename was Little RedThe time has now

Riding Hood.come

at the audience—-this is called the shaking finger ges-ture) my friends, to give you the lowdown on this story.Reddie wasn't a l l she's been paint-

ed. In fact, I firmly believe (wide

open-arm gesture) that she was go-ing to see her bo_v friend who livedin one of those big castles _vou seemto r ead about in the big woods.It seems she had an ex tr a l o t of

c.ash,because her sweetie was takingher‘ to town in

(shake onefinger violently

his new car to bu_vsome s i lk stockings, and then theywere going to a s how (cast a terribleglance at teachers).I firmly believe ges-

ture) that she was scared whe n thevil l ianous wolf poked a gutribs.

“Hand your loose change ori t' l l go worse with you", he growled.‘ ‘Alas", “I am on the

brink (at this juncture raise the righthand upward toward the skies, palmoutward. kink left knee, and graspwatch chain with the l e f t hand in adeath l ike g r i p — this is the watchchain gesture) of eternity".

Little Reddie was shedding heapsof crocodile tears and was just aboutto hand ove r all her three day's(life's) savings wh e n the boy friendcame up behind the nasty wolf andcracked him on the head with amonk e y wrench (teeter here as t h o ’satisfied with the turn of events).Reddie gave him a big hug and

kiss and they hopped into his car anddrove o ff .I firmly believe

ture) that they lived happily eve ra f te r ( n o w slap the hands togetherbehind the back at the same timekinking both knees, and calmly walko ff the s ta ge ) .

———oVvatsonz (Looking at school walk)

“ M y dear She r loc k , I fear this per-son is feeding our school birds breadcrumbs".Sherlock: “Fear not, n 1 y dear VVat-

son, it is only VVilliam Turner run-ning to school during the middle Ofthe second period, eating toast".

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Weather ForecastIt is to be hoped that today's re-

port cards s how a blue sky with nor ed sunset.

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Archery Club ToTake Form Soon

Following the closing of the has-ke tba l l season, an Archery c lub willbe formed. A meeting is scheduledfor 3:03 in Ro o m 111, Thursday,March 12th. The Archery Room isbeing a l te r ed and Mr. Vanderveer hasmade a new supply of arrows for theschool. Last year the Archery c lubwas divided into thr ee groups: S0Dh-omores. Juniors, and Seniors. Thesame idea n1a_v be followed thissemester . Some exciting rivalry ist'oreseen. Al l high school girls areeligible for membership. The moregirls w h o come out for archery, thegreater will be the competition.

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Chess Expansion MeetsHn Tuesday, March 4, the Chess

<‘l1ib met in Room 103. This c lubhas been in existence for one andone-half years and although it wasactive last year it has not yet dis-tinguished i tse l f this year. it plansnow to begin in earnest and to meetevery Tuesday during the eighthperiod to play chess.To join this c lub one must be ap-

proved by a l l membe r s and be inter-ested in playing chess. There areseveral beginners who do not kJl0Wthe g a m e we l l and who wi l l be taughtby the more experienced members.Al l those who think they would beinterested in playing chess are wel-come to apply for membership.

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Boys Attend ReceptionOn Friday, March 6, Lawrence

Shanahan. \Nilliam Otto, and ArthurHi l l attended the reception given byThe (‘olumbia l'niversity Society ofEngineering to boys of 200 schools ofthe Metropolitan District. A groupof about 600 gathered in the PhysicsLaboratory on 120th Str e e t. andwere then addressed by Dean Barkerof the Engineering School . Theywere escorted in groups of 12 aboutthe m a n y interesting laboratories ofthe various schools composing thelingineering College. They were giv-en fr ee rights to the s w i m m i n g pool.and were served an excellent dinnerin John Jay Hall. A n d that Otto boywas actually eating a l l the time thatthe speakers were addressing theassembly!

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Gloom Killer Visits PortLast Friday, March 6th, the School

Assembly Association presented JessPugh. the last of a series of sixspeakers for this year. Mr. Pugh is-1 humorist, and succeeded admirablyin keeping the high school in an al-most continuous roar of -laughterwith his r idiculous recipe for whatto do whe n making a public speech.The whole school is now engrossed inimitating his gestures.

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New PupilComes to PortAnother pupil has been enrol led in

school making the 319 th. She isMarion Krug, who comes from New-town High School, Elmhurst, Longisland. She is in 12A, Miss Sloan'shom e room.

Basketball ReviewShows FavorablyInter-Class Games PlayedThe boys’ basketbal l season came

to an exciting close with the g a m ewith Mineo la. Taking the year as awhole, the boys had a Very successfulseason with only two defeats out ofeleven tr ies. The Mineola, team, ledby Payntor, was the only team to de -fe a t Port. Mineola, in defeating Porton the Port Washington court wasthe fi rst team in two years to de fea tthe Blue and White on their ownfl oo r .

Four Men Play Last, GameFrank Jenkins, who has been the

P or t Washington basketball star forthe past Iew years, played his lastg a m e for the High School. C le tusPolk, Roger Enscoe and John I)eMeoalso brought the i r high school basket-ba l l careers to an end in the samegame. With the graduation of fourof the varsity team, next year's var-sity will have i ts foundation on thisyear's second team.

Sophomor e s Win From SeniorsThe in ter-class basketball games

have been run o f f with much excite-ment. ()n Thursday afternoon theSophomores defeated the Seniors24 -15 . The Seniors obta ined a lead of14-0 i11 the fi rs t h a l f but the Sopho-mores c ut loose in the las t half anddefeated them. The Juniors a r eahead in the games. as they haveglefcated both the Sophomores andthe Seniors. Another set of gamesis to be played and out of those thechampionship of the classes will bedecided.Juniors Triumph Over SophomoresThe Junior boys successfully over-'

came the Sophomores in an inter-class basketball g a m e in the SCl'l0.3]g y m on Friday, February twenty-seventh, by a score of sixteen totwe lve . Terrell, Worf, Bronner, Bar-be r i , Lausen, Slaska and Kalinoskyplayed on the triumphant teamagainst Yor io , Richter, Marro, Dell,and Rogier. Slaska was high scoreron the Junior team with a total ofs ix points. Yorio and Richter sharedhonors on the Sophomore team withfive points apiece. “l)ap" Sul l ivanand T o m Williamson, alumni of thehigh school, offi c ia ted at the contest.

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